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it's also a progressive tax, unlike the current flat tax it's a tax that exempts small businesses that have revenues of less than a million dollars but it also increases taxes for our most successful and our largest businesses. then the last thing i will mention, it is a tax that will help to recoup the revenues that we lost 10 years ago to make sure we have money for affordable housing, for muni, public safetying and public health . >> starchild, why do you think we should vote against this proposition? >> i agree with everything supervisor chiu said about payroll tax. if this measure were revenue neutral, if it were substituting a gross receipts tax for a tax on payroll, the libertarian party would have supported it. but unfortunately some people at city hall got greedy and so the measure is actually a 25.8 million dollars a year tax increase. during a recetion, people are suffering, many people unemployed, many people in san francisco are earning minimum wage, thousands of course on our streets. it's the wrong time to be raising taxes on businesses because the largest employers, of
it's also a progressive tax, unlike the current flat tax it's a tax that exempts small businesses that have revenues of less than a million dollars but it also increases taxes for our most successful and our largest businesses. then the last thing i will mention, it is a tax that will help to recoup the revenues that we lost 10 years ago to make sure we have money for affordable housing, for muni, public safetying and public health . >> starchild, why do you think we should vote against...
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a preparation of taxes, tax increments of the annual budgeting process, the board retains the authority. director ram has a smaller scope when he sits on the oversight board; the other successor agency commission implements the plant, and the land use authority pursuant to the previously approved document by the commission and the board. that concludes my presentation. i am available for questions as is mr. elliott. >> do we take public comment on this? we are opening the public comment. if any. seeing none -- commissioner -- >> there's been somewhere in the news, potential for ucsf to come up against square footag limitation, and possibly they could come up for an increase. would this new commission be involved with that? the board of supervisor has to make the final decision. would the oversight commission make a recommendation? >> yes, ucsf and the successor agency have been working together; they are addicting of their own success. the buildings they have built within the 43 acres of mission bay south, will be maxed out on the envelope; they are not looking to expand on other sites
a preparation of taxes, tax increments of the annual budgeting process, the board retains the authority. director ram has a smaller scope when he sits on the oversight board; the other successor agency commission implements the plant, and the land use authority pursuant to the previously approved document by the commission and the board. that concludes my presentation. i am available for questions as is mr. elliott. >> do we take public comment on this? we are opening the public comment....
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a lot of people keep asking me, what is this tax reform? it's kind of complicated. and i tell them it's about real people, real businesses and real jobs. because it is now that we're the only city in the state of california that's got a payroll tax. we're still taxing job creation, opposite of what we've all wanted to do many if not most of you have complained for years, why are we doing this to ourselves? well, i'm happy to report that we're long last at reforming our business tax structure. we're going to stop taxing jobs and we're going to help companies large and small start here, stay here and grow right here. and we need to protect existing jobs at the same time we spur job creation. in our consensus measure we'll generate new revenue for housing, for economic development and critical infrastructure like our roads and muni, investments that will help our workers and our businesses. and because we are growing and a vibrant economy we require a growing and diverse supply of housing. so we need a housing trust fund. that's proposition c creating a permanent fund
a lot of people keep asking me, what is this tax reform? it's kind of complicated. and i tell them it's about real people, real businesses and real jobs. because it is now that we're the only city in the state of california that's got a payroll tax. we're still taxing job creation, opposite of what we've all wanted to do many if not most of you have complained for years, why are we doing this to ourselves? well, i'm happy to report that we're long last at reforming our business tax structure....
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it's an 8-year tax. it's a finite tax. >> well, you know they say the only things permanent are death and taxes. once a new tax is implemented we often find even though it's called temporary when it gets passed, it ends up bking permanent or longer term than was discussed. i would love for my colleague here to tell us that she won't support extending that tax beyond the 8 years if it were to pass, but i believe that there's other ways that city college can stay afloat and continue to serve a declining student population. they might close some of the new campuses they've opened recently and consolidate facilities. >> thank you. do you want to offer comments to starchild's opposition? >> i think the, one of the primary things we need to remember is that city college of san francisco, which is an institution that san francisco really counts on, i think, for both our economy and for all of the community, has been operating under duress for a number of years. we can and we will make the smart reforms, we alre
it's an 8-year tax. it's a finite tax. >> well, you know they say the only things permanent are death and taxes. once a new tax is implemented we often find even though it's called temporary when it gets passed, it ends up bking permanent or longer term than was discussed. i would love for my colleague here to tell us that she won't support extending that tax beyond the 8 years if it were to pass, but i believe that there's other ways that city college can stay afloat and continue to...
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i do pay a higher tax rate and i think that is fine. but the people who are successful in our society are increasingly asked asked to bear more and more of the share of the tax burden as opposed to making sure that all citizens understand that if we are going to have a world class education system we have to balance that against other things. we cannot both have a big bullet train to nowhere that is going to cost probably over $billion dollars and have a world class system. i hope for the american dream to continue here in california and i hope to have the opportunity one day represent the voters of san francisco and play my role in the public service and i come mend the senator for doing that and sacrificing his career in that regard and i hope to be able to join him one day, thank you. >> i inseerly thank the an dates, on behalf of the league of san francisco, and the jr. league of san francisco. the university of california san francisco, the san francisco public librariry and our media partner, san francisco government television. a
i do pay a higher tax rate and i think that is fine. but the people who are successful in our society are increasingly asked asked to bear more and more of the share of the tax burden as opposed to making sure that all citizens understand that if we are going to have a world class education system we have to balance that against other things. we cannot both have a big bullet train to nowhere that is going to cost probably over $billion dollars and have a world class system. i hope for the...
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we have to also look at ways to raise revenue, that is why i am in support of our governor's tax measure because it brings critical funding to schools. that is why i am supportive of making sure that we are cleaning out and becoming more efficient through what i have done through office and to make government much more receptive and efficient. >> that leads into the question about civic engagement. it is critical that people are engaged to have a safe, strong and vibrant state. what have you done and what will you do to encourage the kind of participation that you are talking about. >> i think that transparency and disclosure are some of the main reasons that we have so little citizen participation, that is one of the reasons that i started up we stand san francisco it is an on-line society to engage citizen and order people to get more involved in government so that we cannot just have a conversation here, where people could make it, if people could be part of that conversation on-line, just like all of the folks at the richmond senior sen center, so they can participate. i think that w
we have to also look at ways to raise revenue, that is why i am in support of our governor's tax measure because it brings critical funding to schools. that is why i am supportive of making sure that we are cleaning out and becoming more efficient through what i have done through office and to make government much more receptive and efficient. >> that leads into the question about civic engagement. it is critical that people are engaged to have a safe, strong and vibrant state. what have...
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could provide the judge with the discretion to actually have them in treatment rather than costing the tax payers thousands of dollars. so we have to save the seniors the services that they need and we have to be willing to make hard reform. >> now we come to the candidate' closing statements if you are not registered to vote, please do so right away and urge your friends and family to register stao. the deadline is october 22nd. if you have moved you need to register again with the new address, if you have changed your name you need to register again with the new name. all right. so we will do the closing statements in reverse, alphabetical order and please remember that you have tr two minutes >> thank you for organizing our decision and thank you for showing up. >> i am running because we don't need people in sacramento to talk about fixing our problems we need people who know how to fix it. i took over a broke assess or's office and reformed it and made it more efficient and because of that we were able to bring in $3 million of additional revenue without raising taxes people talk abou
could provide the judge with the discretion to actually have them in treatment rather than costing the tax payers thousands of dollars. so we have to save the seniors the services that they need and we have to be willing to make hard reform. >> now we come to the candidate' closing statements if you are not registered to vote, please do so right away and urge your friends and family to register stao. the deadline is october 22nd. if you have moved you need to register again with the new...
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the loss of redevelopment this year the side was not mentioned as one that could move forward under tax increment because there was no contractual obligation that made the site possible to move forward under redevelopment. this is one of those plans weather was brought consensus; the community was very supportive. we all feel the pain of not being able to move forward as plan in the previous version. the good news is that we are working with the office of economic and workforce development. we are re initiating work on the community to see what we can do with the tools in place, and with the current development climate. to that and we were having a first public workshop which will take place next saturday the thirteenth at 10 a.m. at the visitation valley library. sarah has been working closely with the community and with the developer, there is a workshop for the public and the commission. with that, again i'm happy to take questions. i know there are some members of the public in the audience who have been working on this as well, and we are happy to schedule another hearing from sara
the loss of redevelopment this year the side was not mentioned as one that could move forward under tax increment because there was no contractual obligation that made the site possible to move forward under redevelopment. this is one of those plans weather was brought consensus; the community was very supportive. we all feel the pain of not being able to move forward as plan in the previous version. the good news is that we are working with the office of economic and workforce development. we...
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possible and do that by getting government out of the way with all its red tape and regulations and taxes and union work rules that increase the cost of housing. that would be a better way to get affordable housing, not bringing back this redevelopment agency with its legacy of driving african americans out of the fillmore and they had slated more than half the bay area for redevelopment before they were shut down. >> anything you'd like to add, peter? >> there's a number of assertions from my opponent that are based in a misunderstanding how affordable housing works in san francisco in this particular measure. unfortunately there's not enough time to tackle all of them, but i want to make clear this is not subsidizing middle income home owners. this is going to go primarily for low and very low householders in san francisco. that has always been the programmatic focus because you can leverage funding. we live in a high income market and that is exactly why we have an affordable sector in this city. when it comes it recreating redevelopment, that's a fallacy. it's about recognizing that r
possible and do that by getting government out of the way with all its red tape and regulations and taxes and union work rules that increase the cost of housing. that would be a better way to get affordable housing, not bringing back this redevelopment agency with its legacy of driving african americans out of the fillmore and they had slated more than half the bay area for redevelopment before they were shut down. >> anything you'd like to add, peter? >> there's a number of...
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ways to create affordable housing and some of these other benefit and is we don't have some of the taxing mechanisms we've had in the past so i think to not figure out a way to support this project would not be advantageous, i know where we've made zoning for various things, if development doesn't happen, those improvements don't happen, so i know the two have to work in concert together. in terms of other projects not before us, i don't think we are in a position to make any decisions related to shadow on those projects and i think we would have to revisit whether or not the public good and benefit of those other projects because they don't have the same public good and benefit that this project has would be able to be considered at the same time. >> thank you, let me make a couple of comments and i think this is a critical step for san francisco, i think it's the next step for san francisco, as supervisor wiener mentioned, we have some regional responsibility, not just for san francisco but to gain access for the city, i'm happy we took this process as a step to look at things from a 30
ways to create affordable housing and some of these other benefit and is we don't have some of the taxing mechanisms we've had in the past so i think to not figure out a way to support this project would not be advantageous, i know where we've made zoning for various things, if development doesn't happen, those improvements don't happen, so i know the two have to work in concert together. in terms of other projects not before us, i don't think we are in a position to make any decisions related...
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this research is all funded by the national research of health, your tax dollars. thank you for your attention. i will turn over to our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> actually, i would like to, i'm going to ask a few questions, but i was hoping we could get a debate going here rather than with me trying to ask intelligent questions and just have the very smart people just talking amongst themselves to educate us. so one of the questions that we're wanting to talk about today was the idea of free will in terms of the criminal justice system. and i would like to ask each of you, is there a definition of free will in the context of your individual work? we'll start with you, doctor. >> i would punt that one right over to david who is the expert in free will, and then we actually spent all last night debating this. david can start. >> ok. >> do you consciously choose to do that? [laughter] >> i think that free will is a mainly unhelpful concept and i think that you have to ask the question from the legal system and from the science perspective as to what free will
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all know is we'll create jobs for carpenters and other trades here in san francisco, plus the taxes it will generate to continue to build more parks. what i see today from the shadow -- the presentation is that the shadow is minimal, it's basically in the morning and in the late evening and i think it's very minimal as far as the project being shut down because of the shadows, so i urge you to strongly support this project. it's going to create approximately 27 thousand permanent jobs in the area, 8300 jobs will be related to the construction, 17 thousand jobs related to the construction of the neighborhoods surrounding the transbay center, it's going to also create new open space downtown san francisco, so i strongly urge you that we support this project. thank you very much. thank you. >> good morning, commissioners, danny campbell, sheet metal workers, local 104, i just wanted to say that the shadow impacts we feel are negligible that are by this tower and the height of the tower is important for its economic viability as well as for the completion of the transbay terminal itself, s
all know is we'll create jobs for carpenters and other trades here in san francisco, plus the taxes it will generate to continue to build more parks. what i see today from the shadow -- the presentation is that the shadow is minimal, it's basically in the morning and in the late evening and i think it's very minimal as far as the project being shut down because of the shadows, so i urge you to strongly support this project. it's going to create approximately 27 thousand permanent jobs in the...
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individuals that are currently incarcerated in a much more effective way that is going to save you tax dollars but also reduce the chance that they'll continue to spiral into those, like the stories we heard earlier today. [applause] >> if i could add one quick thought that ties with the first panel and this panel. it's the question of resource allocation. the point needs to be taken quite seriously especially with adolescents. if you get the diagnosis and the community is not ready to step up and do the interventions that are more humane, then the inhumane alternatives may end up costing more but being the easy political solution. >> i think we're out of time. i would like to thank everyone on the panel for their time.. >> thank you kindly. as an ex-felon, it's not my first effort with a public defender in public for a bunch of people who i know are working hard to make this substance abuse incarceration cognitive behavior thing work all together. i started doing my career in rehabs and jails and shelters and where i live. it's a privilege to work for people who chose to be the audien
individuals that are currently incarcerated in a much more effective way that is going to save you tax dollars but also reduce the chance that they'll continue to spiral into those, like the stories we heard earlier today. [applause] >> if i could add one quick thought that ties with the first panel and this panel. it's the question of resource allocation. the point needs to be taken quite seriously especially with adolescents. if you get the diagnosis and the community is not ready to...
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okay, there's tax rates and tax revenues. now a couple of things, tax rates, marginal rates are different from tax revenues. revenues can come from growth, from capped deductions. i just want to ask you, grover, do you support mitt romney's plan which would lower the rates, put a strict limit on the dollars of tax deductions and increase the economic growth rate? do you support romney? >> well, romney's plan is revenue neutral. he's made a commitment to the american people not to have a net tax increase. that's a great plan. obama wants higher tax rates, and schumer, the leader in the senate, made that clear as well, so it's between romney wanting to cut your tax rates and obama wanting to increase your top tax rates. that's the difference between the two parties. >> all right. dean baker, get you into this discussion. you know, dean, the brookings institute supports lower tax rates and knocking out deductions. that's what they want. everybody in washington except team obama. obama's idea, and biden's idea is to jack up tax r
okay, there's tax rates and tax revenues. now a couple of things, tax rates, marginal rates are different from tax revenues. revenues can come from growth, from capped deductions. i just want to ask you, grover, do you support mitt romney's plan which would lower the rates, put a strict limit on the dollars of tax deductions and increase the economic growth rate? do you support romney? >> well, romney's plan is revenue neutral. he's made a commitment to the american people not to have a...
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cut, tax credit attac, tax stimulus, tax credited will expire on new year's eve this year, a hundred billion on sequester in defense and nondefense spending will hit. and unemployment insurance will stop, so when you add that up, 700 billion, nearly 5% of gdp on an annualized basis, i'm not confident that political system has capacity to deal with a world wind this massive. neil: why are the markets so sanguine through this? >> there is no one at home on wall street, these are basically robots trading world clouds emitted by federal reserve or other tral banks in the world, they trade day-to-day hour to hour, based on latest new an in word, -- ne nuance in the world, this is not a one time events. neil: some are, jamie dimon of j.p. morgan is marshals for it. >> we're forming now a fiscal cliff war room, command center and all this stuff to make sure we understand it, j.p. morgan will survive a fiscal cliff, i think it is terrible policy to allow it to get close. neil: prepare for something bad? >> i think they are prepared. but -- >> what would a brokerage firm or investorment bank
cut, tax credit attac, tax stimulus, tax credited will expire on new year's eve this year, a hundred billion on sequester in defense and nondefense spending will hit. and unemployment insurance will stop, so when you add that up, 700 billion, nearly 5% of gdp on an annualized basis, i'm not confident that political system has capacity to deal with a world wind this massive. neil: why are the markets so sanguine through this? >> there is no one at home on wall street, these are basically...
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bolick, sales tax. bullock: if a sales tax on sandusky will veto it. the congress has said repeatedly actually she would favor a replacement tax. he also points to property tax rates inside, idaho or wyoming so much better off given the fact of their property tax rates. by and large, even conservative groups say we have each best taxes for businesses in the nation. so the other safety looks that have sales tax. i think we can do great things for montana. we propose to give them a business tax cut. there would be 11,000 businesses across the state. a $400 for a phone that owns a home in montana. so we will make sure to help up main street is as well as to certain another places like that. >> the u.s. supreme court citizens united decision of the two judges and montana striking on several montana's campaign finance laws, essentially opening the floodgates of spending in the state and national races. one lot was reinstated by the ninth circuit. many people including your opponents believe citizens united and a follow corrupt the election process. others t
bolick, sales tax. bullock: if a sales tax on sandusky will veto it. the congress has said repeatedly actually she would favor a replacement tax. he also points to property tax rates inside, idaho or wyoming so much better off given the fact of their property tax rates. by and large, even conservative groups say we have each best taxes for businesses in the nation. so the other safety looks that have sales tax. i think we can do great things for montana. we propose to give them a business tax...
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rid of the amt, payroll tax, number of tax cut he put on the table. the sum of the tax cuts is $5 trillion. >> bret: he said in the debate? you capped it, set a cap you could reach it. tax policy center which you cite, campaign cites says that you could reach the number that he is talking about -- >> no, it didn't say that. if you could reach the number -- you could add up the deduction and loopholes to $5 trillion if you raise taxes on the middle class. that's what the tax policy center says. that's what a lot of independent economists said. >> bret: actually, no. they said you don't have to -- it could be revenue neutral if you take off certain things off the table. >> you mean if you don't take off the table what mitt romney has taken off the table. he has taken investment income off the table. he is not going to touch those loophole for high-income. because of what romney has taken off the table and the lack of specificity on the deduction it's impossible to do the math. >> bret: my point is that you are down in to what exactly he is going to say
rid of the amt, payroll tax, number of tax cut he put on the table. the sum of the tax cuts is $5 trillion. >> bret: he said in the debate? you capped it, set a cap you could reach it. tax policy center which you cite, campaign cites says that you could reach the number that he is talking about -- >> no, it didn't say that. if you could reach the number -- you could add up the deduction and loopholes to $5 trillion if you raise taxes on the middle class. that's what the tax policy...
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if it's billed as tax reform. so that's a way to tell it to the house republicans -- >> bill: but that doesn't answer my question. don't you somewhere to get rid of the bush tax cuts in order to come up with a solution? >> if you got rid of the bush tax cuts that would be a huge chunk of money. the problem i think president obama and the democrats are facing is those are tax cuts for people across the whole income-- i don't think it will solve any deficit problem over any long return. that's 2% of the taxpayers that we're talking about. and one of the things we'll have to deal with over the next decade is that to really get some of these entightments under control -- >> bill: all right. we're going to take a break, because i want to challenge that. >> okay. >> bill: it's a hell of a lot more money than big bird is. nancy cook is in the studio with us. we're just getting started here. 866-55-press is our toll free number. join the conversation. >> announcer: this is the >> bill: >> bill: show, live on your radio an
if it's billed as tax reform. so that's a way to tell it to the house republicans -- >> bill: but that doesn't answer my question. don't you somewhere to get rid of the bush tax cuts in order to come up with a solution? >> if you got rid of the bush tax cuts that would be a huge chunk of money. the problem i think president obama and the democrats are facing is those are tax cuts for people across the whole income-- i don't think it will solve any deficit problem over any long...
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the bush era tax cuts do not do enough. we need to abolish tax cuts -- taxes entirely. barack obama said he did not want to raise taxes on the middle class because the middle class buys cars. so did the rich. the rich spend money, too. the rich are part of the crowd that invest money to create jobs. that is what we need to be doing in america -- cutting everybody's taxes as far as possible. >> we got you. congressman, would you ok $3 in spending cuts for every $1 and revenue? >> you will never get that bargain. i believe there are some republicans who say you go -- if you lower the top tax rate, that you cannot produce any new revenue for government. i do not believe that. i say if we generate new revenue, then pay down the debt faster, by down the rate further. so i am not one who says he cannot generate any new revenue. there was a question a while ago about and ethanol subsidy that i have been trying to get rid of for years. we finally did. that is about $6 billion. some republicans said if you get rid of that -- it's price revenue neutral. get rid of a bad subsidy.
the bush era tax cuts do not do enough. we need to abolish tax cuts -- taxes entirely. barack obama said he did not want to raise taxes on the middle class because the middle class buys cars. so did the rich. the rich spend money, too. the rich are part of the crowd that invest money to create jobs. that is what we need to be doing in america -- cutting everybody's taxes as far as possible. >> we got you. congressman, would you ok $3 in spending cuts for every $1 and revenue? >> you...
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only in washington is not raising taxes on people considered a tax cut. what we are talking about here is not cutting taxes. we are talking about keeping taxes where they are and preventing tax increases. second point -- we, meaning the government, cannot afford this? whose money is this after all? is all the money that is made in america washington's money, governments money, or is it the people's money who earned it? i hear all this money about the death tax, the estate tax -- this is going to give a windfall to these people, this money going to this privileged people who built these businesses, made this money. it is their money. which is it? do we have a country built on equal natural rights where you can make the most of your life, get up, work hard, take risks, become successful, create jobs, growth businesses, do well, and success, and, yes, pass it onto your kids? what on earth is wrong with that? that is the american dream. to my friends on my side of the aisle who simply do not like some of the spending in this bill, i do not like it either, so
only in washington is not raising taxes on people considered a tax cut. what we are talking about here is not cutting taxes. we are talking about keeping taxes where they are and preventing tax increases. second point -- we, meaning the government, cannot afford this? whose money is this after all? is all the money that is made in america washington's money, governments money, or is it the people's money who earned it? i hear all this money about the death tax, the estate tax -- this is going...
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the president is saying that you say romney's tax plan we will end up raising taxes on middle-class. is that what you said? >> thas absolutely not what i said. what i said is that he can cut rates on the very highest income taxpayers and get rid of looples and tax preferences, he can make up enough money for those people at the high end to not end up paying more, don't end up paying less. if they don't have to pay less than the people below them don't have to pay more. that's what i showed. mathematically possible for the romney plan to work. i did not show or claim that middle-class people would have to pay more. there is nothing in my aper that states at. nothing in my paper that implies that, nothing in the numbers that would support that conclusion. gerri: professor, the administration that is saying 180 degrees the opposite of what you said. >> exactly. gerri: completely misinterpreting what you said. tell me about your nalys of mitt romney's plan. what would be the ultimate effect of raising -- lowering tax rates by 20% on everybody. take away some of these deductions. drawing
the president is saying that you say romney's tax plan we will end up raising taxes on middle-class. is that what you said? >> thas absolutely not what i said. what i said is that he can cut rates on the very highest income taxpayers and get rid of looples and tax preferences, he can make up enough money for those people at the high end to not end up paying more, don't end up paying less. if they don't have to pay less than the people below them don't have to pay more. that's what i...
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here's the tax plan. fairer, flatter, simpler. more competitive tax code. broaden the base getting rid a lot of special interest deductions, a third of the tax code is known as tax expenditures. >> why couldn't paul ryan explain that 11 days ago? >> well, my guess is he could if he had had time but we did this in '03. it was done in the reagan administration. it was done under jfk. guess what? when you follow this recipe you get more jobs, more economic growth and more tax revenue that helps fight the deficit and that's in contrast to what the president is offering us which is another tax increase on small business, almost a million small businesses and costing 700,000 jobs and it's a real choice election coming the economy. not to mention the debt, not to mention foreign policy. >> okay. so congressman, let's just say on point with your guy. one thing we know is that romney and ryan say they'll reduce income taxes. across the board, 20%. we have this graphic. you know, if you look at recent history, the reagan tax cuts, both coincided with massive growth o
here's the tax plan. fairer, flatter, simpler. more competitive tax code. broaden the base getting rid a lot of special interest deductions, a third of the tax code is known as tax expenditures. >> why couldn't paul ryan explain that 11 days ago? >> well, my guess is he could if he had had time but we did this in '03. it was done in the reagan administration. it was done under jfk. guess what? when you follow this recipe you get more jobs, more economic growth and more tax revenue...
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the bush era tax cuts do not do enough. we need to abolish tax cuts -- taxes entirely. barack obama said he did not want to raise taxes on the middle class because the middle class buys cars. so did the rich. the rich spend money, too. the rich are part of the crowd that invest money to create jobs. that is what we need to be doing in america -- cutting everybody's taxes as far as possible. >> we got you. congressman, would you ok $3 in spending cuts for every $1 and revenue? >> you will never get that bargain. i believe there are some republicans who say you go -- if you lower the top tax rate, that you cannot produce any new revenue for government. i do not believe that. i say if we generate new revenue, then pay down the debt faster, by down the rate further. so i am not one who says he cannot generate any new revenue. there was a question a while ago about and ethanol subsidy that i have been trying to get rid of for years. we finally did. that is about $6 billion. some republicans said if you get rid of that -- it's price revenue neutral. get rid of a bad subsidy.
the bush era tax cuts do not do enough. we need to abolish tax cuts -- taxes entirely. barack obama said he did not want to raise taxes on the middle class because the middle class buys cars. so did the rich. the rich spend money, too. the rich are part of the crowd that invest money to create jobs. that is what we need to be doing in america -- cutting everybody's taxes as far as possible. >> we got you. congressman, would you ok $3 in spending cuts for every $1 and revenue? >> you...
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if reported federal taxes and state and local taxes. that year, i happen to bail out of state and local taxes which are deducted from the other. i looked at the other day and we have paid 42% of our gross income in taxes. mr. mondale the other night took -- i will be honest, i thought it was a cheap shot at me. we did little looking around to see about his. we can not find his 1981 tax return. it might have been released. but we did find test beds his income for those three years is $1,400,000. i think he paid about the same percentage i did in total taxes. he also made a reference that troubled me very much. he was talking about my chauffeur. i am driven to work by the secret service. so is mrs. ferraro. so is mrs. -- so is mr. mondale. they protected his life for four years and now they have done a beautiful job for barbara and i and they saved the life of the president of the night of states. i thought that was a cheap shot to try to divide class, rich and poor. it is and whether mrs. ferraro is doing well. i think they are doing pre
if reported federal taxes and state and local taxes. that year, i happen to bail out of state and local taxes which are deducted from the other. i looked at the other day and we have paid 42% of our gross income in taxes. mr. mondale the other night took -- i will be honest, i thought it was a cheap shot at me. we did little looking around to see about his. we can not find his 1981 tax return. it might have been released. but we did find test beds his income for those three years is $1,400,000....
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the corporate tax. we have the highest corporate tax in the world. it's one of the reasons why jobs are going overseas because we have taxed and regulated american jobs out of business. we don't want american jobs to compete, we want them to dominate. we want to be able to dominate the world market and we believe that the ability to do that is reducing taxing and regulation on american companies. host: i want to get a republican phone call here for robby mook. this is debby in houston, texas. caller: good morning i'm a tea partier and i'm getting tired of hearing them bad mouth the tea party as sort of conspiracy. let me explain to you, we started the tea party because we were sick and tired what was going on in washington by both the democrats and the republicans. we were tired of it. mr.mook, i hate to tell you but the democrats do nothing but lie which is why you're blaming mitt romney for lying. don't call the kettle black when you're black. i'm going it tell you, i listen to c-span and i listen to
the corporate tax. we have the highest corporate tax in the world. it's one of the reasons why jobs are going overseas because we have taxed and regulated american jobs out of business. we don't want american jobs to compete, we want them to dominate. we want to be able to dominate the world market and we believe that the ability to do that is reducing taxing and regulation on american companies. host: i want to get a republican phone call here for robby mook. this is debby in houston, texas....
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the tax code. what governor romney and what paul ryan have said is let's have a fair flatter simpler more competitive tax code, bring down rates and broaden the base. start to get rid of all the different loopholes and all the different exemptions. and so this is how you can have a tax code again that is fair, flatter, simpler and is revenue neutral, which of course we have now -- there's at least a half dozen economists, economic organizations, who have said this is true. you've had fact checkers with respect to the president's claim that this increases taxers say that's false. it doesn't. so here is the framework and what mitt romney said is i'm willing to work with both sides of the aisle republicans and sdms to get the details right and t president has never worked with republicans. there is no doubt that the president wants to increase taxes on small businesses, the job engine of america. >> i think there's no doubt we just heard a review what have we might hear from paul ryan tonight. congres
the tax code. what governor romney and what paul ryan have said is let's have a fair flatter simpler more competitive tax code, bring down rates and broaden the base. start to get rid of all the different loopholes and all the different exemptions. and so this is how you can have a tax code again that is fair, flatter, simpler and is revenue neutral, which of course we have now -- there's at least a half dozen economists, economic organizations, who have said this is true. you've had fact...
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yet these organizations function as a five a one c three tax exempt foundation and because they're tax exempt foundations they have to have certain tax forms made available to the public through the i.r.s. or through their proxies if you know where to look and so i did some digging under this assumption and i found the nine ninety forms there are fully authentic verified upside down and backwards for not only the council on foreign relations but the secretive builder burge group as well showing that they spend approximately one million dollars a year on their annual conference and what's interesting is on the building tax returns to the nine ninety forms i function as the entity american friends of builder berg james johnson of perseus l l c is the treasurer and these forms by law have to show who contributes to these organizations so we find in the build of words tax returns and really kissinger david rockefeller just two of the really the most slightly to look at that right now as you're talking kissinger twenty grand rockefeller fifty grand microsoft seventy five grand goldman sachs
yet these organizations function as a five a one c three tax exempt foundation and because they're tax exempt foundations they have to have certain tax forms made available to the public through the i.r.s. or through their proxies if you know where to look and so i did some digging under this assumption and i found the nine ninety forms there are fully authentic verified upside down and backwards for not only the council on foreign relations but the secretive builder burge group as well showing...
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and the bottom 20% earned only 3.4% of the taxes and paid 2.1% of the taxes. in the end it all evens out. people pay the same percentage of the taxes as they earned of the income. sound pretty darn fair to me, david. no redistribution there. just carrying one's fair share. yet david said he's so frustrated his motivation to work may be destroyed all together because of the current system. he blamed it all on a system that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. but again he is wrong. government has to take from all for the good of all. including for the good of mr. siegel. just one example. westgate's property at the smoky mountain resort and spa in gatlinberg tennessee people go there and pay there siegel a whole lot of money to appreciate the beauty of the great smoky mountains. the first national park in which the federal government spent its own money to wyland. no national park, no resort that people would pay for. you wouldn't want to build a resort there without reliable public and fire system or the road to get there or the system to gi
and the bottom 20% earned only 3.4% of the taxes and paid 2.1% of the taxes. in the end it all evens out. people pay the same percentage of the taxes as they earned of the income. sound pretty darn fair to me, david. no redistribution there. just carrying one's fair share. yet david said he's so frustrated his motivation to work may be destroyed all together because of the current system. he blamed it all on a system that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. but again he is...
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for overall tax reform. what we are talking about their is to lower rates on everyone. and have maybe 25%, a 10% rate. you also start off with a clean sheet of paper. as far as the loopholes that are in the tax bill. .. >> should health care reform as we have now remain the same? >> it seems it is actually working and people across i would talk to me about it. or the parts of it that are very important to it. they did not kick the can down the road. so much is paid by everybody through the emergency room so let's include more people. the pre-existing condition who wants to go back to that? there should be some changes. the hospital situation, i wealth where the rubber meets the road will get the back. but they are giving better care. the fact they are creating jobs. >> changes? boswell: that will happen as we come to that point* but we're still in the infant change you cannot have a cap the policy because you have gotten sick common in the hospital, cannot have children on until they are 26. there are things
for overall tax reform. what we are talking about their is to lower rates on everyone. and have maybe 25%, a 10% rate. you also start off with a clean sheet of paper. as far as the loopholes that are in the tax bill. .. >> should health care reform as we have now remain the same? >> it seems it is actually working and people across i would talk to me about it. or the parts of it that are very important to it. they did not kick the can down the road. so much is paid by everybody...
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and never say tax reform and tax simplification never say estate tax instead say the death tax never say capitalism instead say free market out of this is this is the republican mayme is to is to is to always go in that direction never say undocumented workers instead say illegal aliens never say drilling for oil instead say exploring for energy never skate school choice instead say prequel opportunity in education and never say health care choice instead say the right to choose so you get at the this is very very systematic manipulation of language in the american political discourse this is the republican game plan laid out and this is the only way they can win elections this and disenfranchising people keeping people from voting voter id laws and things like that but basically this by boiling down often complex issues where the right answer can only be found through rigorous debate and turning them into quick easy to remember catch phrases and buzz words let's eliminate the dead debate around how much people like paris hilton should pay an estate taxes stead just call it a dreaded
and never say tax reform and tax simplification never say estate tax instead say the death tax never say capitalism instead say free market out of this is this is the republican mayme is to is to is to always go in that direction never say undocumented workers instead say illegal aliens never say drilling for oil instead say exploring for energy never skate school choice instead say prequel opportunity in education and never say health care choice instead say the right to choose so you get at...
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raising taxes, raising taxes is not the answer. if you think about it washington, you should not want anybody to send my more money to washington until they learn fix what they spend today. if i held up a budget and put the holes and the leaks and the spending that's going on. you would say why would anybody want to put more water in the bucket. let's fix it. that's the difference. washington doesn't know how to spend the money they're getting already. we need make sure we are looking at every line item. we are borrowing 40 cents on the dollar for every thing we spend we need to make sure is it worth borrowing money from chinese to do this. >> moderator: a followup question, i'm start with you mr. renacci. how kickly -- quickly shouldly reached balance spended you supported the ryan budget which takes twenty five years to reach the goal. is that realistic or should it be shorter? renacci: i'm concerned that making social security, medicare, and medicaid are solvent. i want to make sure that those 55 and older have no changes to the
raising taxes, raising taxes is not the answer. if you think about it washington, you should not want anybody to send my more money to washington until they learn fix what they spend today. if i held up a budget and put the holes and the leaks and the spending that's going on. you would say why would anybody want to put more water in the bucket. let's fix it. that's the difference. washington doesn't know how to spend the money they're getting already. we need make sure we are looking at every...
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i don't need a tax break. i just don't need an additional tax burden. i don't need the burden of obamacare that is going to further hurt us. melissa: okay. >> i predict that another four years under the same administration, i will have to downsize my company again. and that's what i was warning my employees about. melissa: okay. >> if we have to downsize again, it is their future that is at stake. i'll be fine. it is their future that is at stake. melissa: fair enough. david siegel, thank you so much for your time. i'm sorry we have to go. i hope you come back soon. >> okay. thank you. melissa: here's our question of the day, how would you react if you got a letter like siegel's from your boss? we want to hear what you think. like us on facebook.co facebook.com/melissafrancisfox or follow me on twitter at melissaafrancis. >>> you get a permit. interior secretary ken salazar, acting more like oprah, you get a permit, you get a permit. giving a slew of approvals to new energy projects. is it just a pre-election ploy? >>> is mahmoud ahmadinejad the sacrifi
i don't need a tax break. i just don't need an additional tax burden. i don't need the burden of obamacare that is going to further hurt us. melissa: okay. >> i predict that another four years under the same administration, i will have to downsize my company again. and that's what i was warning my employees about. melissa: okay. >> if we have to downsize again, it is their future that is at stake. i'll be fine. it is their future that is at stake. melissa: fair enough. david siegel,...
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how about the cap al gains loophole that lower tax rate on investment income. that's $71 billion ayear, giveaway to 1%ers if there ever was one. >> one of the reason that it's lower is because capital has already been taxed once at the corporate level. as high as 35%. i, so i you think it is fair? >> yeah, i think it's the right way to encourage economic growth. >> in fact, romney hasn't specified a single (bleep)ing deduction! ten largest current individual tax breaks totaling $4842 billion a year for elimination, not one. dude couldn't be more vague if he were an hbo season finale. boom! boom! (cheers and applause) take that "hung" season 3. (laughter) how could he they not let us know what ray is going to do next with his giant dong? (laughter) well, you can't expect romney to lay out a specific plan with numbers and budgets. he's not a businessman, he's -- sorry? (laughter) we need a numbers guy. >> those of you who know me, i'm kind of a numbers guy. >> jon: there he is! the capitol hill accountant! the wonk from wisconsin. the mathematician from -- madiso
how about the cap al gains loophole that lower tax rate on investment income. that's $71 billion ayear, giveaway to 1%ers if there ever was one. >> one of the reason that it's lower is because capital has already been taxed once at the corporate level. as high as 35%. i, so i you think it is fair? >> yeah, i think it's the right way to encourage economic growth. >> in fact, romney hasn't specified a single (bleep)ing deduction! ten largest current individual tax breaks...
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taxes on, you can tax them at a marginal rate of 100% and still not accomplish what you need to accomplish. >> the president has a budget, it's out there, everybody can see it. >> the one that got zero democratic votes? >> hold on, he has a budget. >> that one? >> and it's really quite clear. from memory it's $2.2 trillion on the spending side, the high earner bush tax cuts expiring. about 400 million more than the 2.2 on the mandatory side for a total of about 3.5. you can debate whether that's going to pass or not pass in a new congress if the president's reelected, but it's out there, and everybody can talk about it and assess it and like it or dislike it. i happen to think it's pretty reasonable and i also happen to think it's going to resemble pretty closely what ultimately is done to avert the fiscal cliff. >> even domenici, rivlin, even simpson-bowles, we athey're not telling we can have our cake and eat it too and get the rich people to cover the problems with our deficit and spending. even they say broaden the base. if you let the bush tax cuts expire as a whole, 80% of our defici
taxes on, you can tax them at a marginal rate of 100% and still not accomplish what you need to accomplish. >> the president has a budget, it's out there, everybody can see it. >> the one that got zero democratic votes? >> hold on, he has a budget. >> that one? >> and it's really quite clear. from memory it's $2.2 trillion on the spending side, the high earner bush tax cuts expiring. about 400 million more than the 2.2 on the mandatory side for a total of about...
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i hear all this talk about about the death tax, the estate tax. it's going give a windfall to the people. all themen money going the privilege people who built the pis business, made their money it's their money. which is it? do we have a country built on equal natural rights, where you can make the most of your life, get up, work hard, take risks, become successful, create jobs, grow businesses, do well, earn success, and yes, pass it on to your kids. what on earth is wrong with that? that's the american dream. and to my friend to my side of the aisle who simply don't like some of the spending in the bill. i don't like it either. let's cut the spending next year when we're in charge. there's junk in the tax code. everybody agrees with this. this is advancing some of the junk in the tax code and what i say to my friends on the other side of the aisle next year let's get rid of the junk of the tax code with we're in charge. right now, let's not hit the american people with the tax increase. if we want to get this debt under control, if we want to g
i hear all this talk about about the death tax, the estate tax. it's going give a windfall to the people. all themen money going the privilege people who built the pis business, made their money it's their money. which is it? do we have a country built on equal natural rights, where you can make the most of your life, get up, work hard, take risks, become successful, create jobs, grow businesses, do well, earn success, and yes, pass it on to your kids. what on earth is wrong with that? that's...
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$2,000 while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. let me tell you how i will create 12 million jobs when president obama couldn't. first my energy independence policy means more than three million new jobs. many of them in manufacturing. my tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business creates seven million more. and expanding trade, cracking down on china and improving job training takes us to over 12 million new jobs. i'm mitt romney,y, and d i approve is message.
$2,000 while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. let me tell you how i will create 12 million jobs when president obama couldn't. first my energy independence policy means more than three million new jobs. many of them in manufacturing. my tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business...
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see mitt romney lives in a different universe than the rest of us in mitt romney's universe the top tax rate is fifteen percent in our universe it's thirty five percent. and mitt romney's universe the entire world is a bank account from the cayman islands to switzerland but in our universe we have checking accounts at the nearest bank in town and mitt romney's universe corporations are people in our universe well you know that's just ridiculous unless you sit on the supreme court and mitt romney's universe there is no health care crisis in america you see in an interview with the columbus dispatch newspaper romney doubled down on his notion that uninsured americans can still get the care they need romney said quote we don't have a setting across this country where if you don't have insurance we just said you tough luck you're going to die when you have your heart attack now you go to the hospital you get treated you get care and it's paid for either by charity the government or by the hospital we don't have people that become ill who die in their apartment because they don't have insura
see mitt romney lives in a different universe than the rest of us in mitt romney's universe the top tax rate is fifteen percent in our universe it's thirty five percent. and mitt romney's universe the entire world is a bank account from the cayman islands to switzerland but in our universe we have checking accounts at the nearest bank in town and mitt romney's universe corporations are people in our universe well you know that's just ridiculous unless you sit on the supreme court and mitt...
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cut the math kind of says otherwise if you do a twenty percent tax cut across the board that equals five trillion that isn't a partisan that's just straight up your ass also it's also cognitive dissonance you are leaving out the fact that he intends to lower tax rates and also bring up tax revenue by virtue but we closer the closing loop and all that and creating wealth i think but it isn't his only hope there's reasonable dynamics that i mean that is as the president's been saying and as as that is their task is really as it has their tax plan changed since the first debate so that there won't be as much dissonance as you said in the second debate here with rather be you know there will continue to be dissonance this is part of this is. partisanship the left will continue to accuse them of lying about how in office i can work i think we're keeping them alive for good reason because we're asking them to provide the american people specifics of what they plan on putting and what they plan on getting rid of to pay for their five trillion dollar tax cut in their two trillion dollar def
cut the math kind of says otherwise if you do a twenty percent tax cut across the board that equals five trillion that isn't a partisan that's just straight up your ass also it's also cognitive dissonance you are leaving out the fact that he intends to lower tax rates and also bring up tax revenue by virtue but we closer the closing loop and all that and creating wealth i think but it isn't his only hope there's reasonable dynamics that i mean that is as the president's been saying and as as...
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will he mention the tax returns? will biden go more after the guy not on the stage with him, rather than the guy who is on the stage with him? peter, i think it's fair to say, listen, joe biden is not a shy man on the campaign trail. will he be the same way tonight in the debate? >> you're right about the wonk trap here. how important is it for ryan to actually avoid getting into the weeds? >> yeah. i mean, paul ryan is a self-described numbers guy. when he asked him about politics, he says, no, i'm a policy guy. his whole career has been in washington, like joe biden. he has been a hill staffer. he has worked as a think tank. he has been on the hill. americans are still learning about paul ryan. google released some data today saying, you know, the difference in the number of google searches between ryan and biden is pretty wide. paul ryan is by far -- has more google interest. as he is introducing himself to americans, he has to, you know, talk about the romney campaign and their program and their issues without so
will he mention the tax returns? will biden go more after the guy not on the stage with him, rather than the guy who is on the stage with him? peter, i think it's fair to say, listen, joe biden is not a shy man on the campaign trail. will he be the same way tonight in the debate? >> you're right about the wonk trap here. how important is it for ryan to actually avoid getting into the weeds? >> yeah. i mean, paul ryan is a self-described numbers guy. when he asked him about politics,...
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it's the expiration of the bush tax cuts. it's the expiration of the payroll tax. it's the expiration of a patch put over the amt so it wouldn't hit the middle class. it's these mindless, senseless across the board cuts that were put forth as a part of the sequester which came about because of the super committee. every one of those issues is addressed in a long-term fashion so it doesn't distract an economic recovery in simpson-bowles. >> some people respond to fear. some people respond to opportunity. take it from the other side. what if we came up with a situation tomorrow, opened up a newspaper and there was some conciliation, there was some agreement, it may not be everything one side would want. somewhere in the middle. maybe closer to the extreme you didn't like. but there was some compromise that was laid out. what kind of a stimulus you think that would provide the economy? >> tell me your answer to that question. >> huge. >> how much would the market go up on that? >> i can't -- the market's a separate person. i'd be a buyer of the market. goldman sachs,
it's the expiration of the bush tax cuts. it's the expiration of the payroll tax. it's the expiration of a patch put over the amt so it wouldn't hit the middle class. it's these mindless, senseless across the board cuts that were put forth as a part of the sequester which came about because of the super committee. every one of those issues is addressed in a long-term fashion so it doesn't distract an economic recovery in simpson-bowles. >> some people respond to fear. some people respond...